We may be straitened for earth to live upon, but earth sufficient to die upon can never be wanting, as Boiocalus answered the Romans.”—[Tacitus, Annal., xiii.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Yet, sir, I fear your fatal openness will make you suspected as accessary, let us be ever so cautious.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Let us protest and let us be angry, let us be indignant, or let us be enthusiastic, Schopenhauer has marked humanity with the seal of his disdain and of his disenchantment.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

I can see him yet, a feverish fellow, wan and haggard, but with his face always lit up by enthusiasm, stopping me in a theatre lobby to tell me about a plan of M. Cerfberr's; and almost immediately we discovered that the same plan had been conceived by M. Christophe.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

He patronised and appreciated the fine arts, though a jockey; respected literary men, though he only read French novels; and without any affectation of tastes which he did not possess, was looked upon by every singer and dancer in Europe as their natural champion.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Everyone flushed and looked uncomfortable but Eleanor shrugged her shoulders and walked out without a word to anyone.
— from The Woodcraft Girls in the City by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

In a certain German Hymn ( Why fret or murmur, then? the title of it), which they often sang to him, or along with him, as he much loved it, are these words, "Naked I came into the world, and naked shall I go,"—"No," said he "always with vivacity," at this passage; "not quite nakid, I shall have my uniform on:" Let us be exact, since we are at it!
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 10 by Thomas Carlyle

This leads us, by easy steps, to such forms as L. latitans , Fig.
— from Colouration in Animals and Plants by Alfred Tylor

Let us briefly enumerate some of the objects which could be discussed and studied in an assembly of our learned clergy and educated laity.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

We may trust ourselves in His hands, only let us be earnest students.
— from James Gilmour of Mongolia: His diaries, letters, and reports by James Gilmour

Neither the English nor German boats recorded a success due to the use of hydrophones, and they appear to have been little used by either Submarine Service.
— from The Story of Our Submarines by John Graham Bower